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Trojans Fall At Home

Thursday night the Trojans returned to Trojan Arena and returned to their old ways of being inconsistent and lost to Georgia State 85 to 70.
They rebounded well and played defense well, but could not make a shot consistently.
At one point the team was 7 for 27 from three and could barely make a shot from the field. Meanwhile, the Panthers of Georgia State where 7 for 13 from three.
We took 14 more shots from three point than they did, and they had made the same amount!
To me, that is crazy because just the prior game they had shot over 50% from three and then they shoot like that.
Ultimately, the Trojans finished the game shooting 26% from three while hitting 33% from the field.
And not only did the team struggled from the three-point line and the field in general, but they struggled from the free throw line as well.
They shot 23 free throws for the entire game and only made 13.
And again, Georgia State took less free throws than the Trojans and still hit more. They took 20 total free throws and hit 17 of them.
And yet again, being inconsistent is what is keeping this team from being great.
This team has championship goals, and that goal is attainable.
But, it is not going to happen if they keep playing like this.
This team is better than most of the competition that they face night in and night out, but they play down to the level of their opponents to often.
The Trojans have what I would call, “The Celtics Disease.”
The Boston Celtics are currently one of the best teams in the NBA and win most of their games. But they are inconsistent at times and play down to the level of their competition to often.
And like the Trojans, the Celtics have championship aspirations.
But, where the two teams differ now is that the Celtics are starting to figure things out slowly.
And the Trojans haven’t.
And the next time the Trojans will have a chance to prove themselves as champions will be Saturday afternoon at home against Georgia Southern.
I will have another blog post talking about the Georgia Southern game and how the Trojans did early next week. Hopefully, the Trojans can rebound and get a win on Saturday.

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